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Re: [AGA-sc] Ouch



Erik wrote:

> It will be interesting to see the feedback for this exact reason.  My
> friends from Portland gave me their (uncorrupted by me) rundown: "If I had
> been a total newbie, I probably wouldn't have noticed anything at all, but
> as someone who has run several regional conventions, the first thing I
> thought when seeing Rick was 'This isn't the sort of guy to be running a
> convention!'".

She told me they might be interested in holding AGA out in Portland.  They
DO know how to run a convention, so keep nudging them.<g>

> Oh, something else they told me was they were shocked that Ray didn't get
> an ad in the convention program.  They didn't understand that we did the
> ads based on monetary sponsorships (they put an ad for Ray in every one of
> their newsletters in Portland because they have a long-standing
> relationship with the guy).  But it did make me wonder if we're backing
> ourselves into a corner with this "only sponsors get ads" policy... it
> really doesn't let us show any other ads or logos at our discretion.

I think we need a LOT more discretion when it comes to vendor/sponsor
"deals".  You have to look at the total value on both sides, rather than
having a cast-in-stone rate.  As I've said MANY times now, sometimes the
benefit of having a low margin vendor there who has something that really
adds to the convention is well worth giving them the space at a lower cost.
And as a comparison, I think NEC charges something like $25 per table for
vendors.

Karen


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